Summer vacations are feeling the crunch of the rising gas prices. Many families are rethinking elaborate travel plans and scrapping them for shorter trips or just staying home.

This means you have to be more creative as you re-plan your big summer getaway. While it may seem disappointing to your travel companions at first, they’ll soon realize the necessity and hopefully a vacation on par with memorable ones of the past.

Here are five activities that our family will be doing to save money on summer vacation this year: